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CANADALAND Short Cuts: Does Canada Need Government Supermarkets?

April 24, 2026MediaGrocery stores

Inside Policy Talks: How to address the demand for online gambling

April 24, 2026MediaOnline Gambling

Canada’s role in the Strait of Hormuz – Crypto donations to political parties – Prediction markets coming to Canada

March 30, 2026MediaPrediction Markets

The dangers of prediction-market gambling coming to Canada

March 27, 2026MediaPrediction Markets

What’s in store for Canada as financial firms bet on prediction markets

March 25, 2026MediaPrediction Markets

Why city-run grocery stores may help combat rising food prices

March 19, 2026MediaGrocery

Inside the ‘Americanization’ of Canada’s national parks: The decade-long battle over control of Banff and Jasper

March 19, 2026MediaMountain Monopoly

‘I worry that retail is being brought to the party at the wrong time’: Wasserman

March 13, 2026MediaPrivate Markets

The ‘obvious candidate’: Jeanne Pratt favoured by lawyers, academics to take over as competition commissioner

March 10, 2026MediaCompetition Bureau

Google suffers setback in fight against Canada’s competition watchdog

March 5, 2026MediaGoogle

Live Nation’s antitrust trial is underway in the U.S. What’s at stake in the case?

March 3, 2026MediaAntitrust Ticketmaster

Norton Rose Fulbright Hires Canada’s Former Top Competition Official for Antitrust Practice

March 3, 2026MediaMatthew Boswell

A conspiracy or just a problem? Expert explains why your groceries might weigh less than the package

February 26, 2026Mediagroceries

Private assets, public risk

February 7, 2026MediaPrivate assets

Inside the corporate battle over your pet’s health

January 24, 2026Mediaprivate equity

Telecom complaints soar as Canadians rail over billing issues

January 14, 2026MediaCell phone billing

Cell phone plans could be getting more expensive after years of decline, data suggests

January 6, 2026MediaCell phone plans

MP calls for end to American company’s dominance of Banff-Jasper attractions

January 2, 2026MediaAlberta,Tourism

Covering news in food and agriculture in 2025

December 23, 2025MediaAgriculture,Food

Competition watchdog wants feds to curb U.S. company’s domination of Banff and Jasper tourist attractions

December 21, 2025MediaAlberta,Tourism

Monopoly Grip on Banff

December 19, 2025MediaAlberta,Tourism

‘Extreme’: Competition watchdog targets American firm’s monopoly on Banff-Jasper attractions

December 18, 2025MediaAlberta,Tourism

Canada’s escalating food prices: the obvious solution and the systemic one

December 17, 2025Mediafood prices

What does Canada need from the next Competition Commissioner?

December 5, 2025MediaCompetition

EQ Bank carves out more market share with $800-million PC Financial purchase

December 4, 2025MediaBanking

If you bought bread in the past two decades, you could be eligible for a payment

November 30, 2025Media

Rogers customers complain of hours spent on hold as service reps laid off

November 16, 2025MediaRogers

As Blue Jays fans stare down high-priced World Series tickets, can provinces really stop scalpers?

October 29, 2025MediaTicketmaster

Amazon cloud outage downed sites for millions of users, exposing risks of overdependence

October 23, 2025MediaAmazon

Should Canada hit ctrl+alt+delete on its AI vision?

October 19, 2025MediaAI

Cornering the captive market

October 3, 2025MediaPrison telecom services,Texas-based firms

Canada’s productivity problem takes center stage at Competition Summit 2025

October 3, 2025MediaStart-ups,Overregulation

Tech giants control of online advertising puts national security at risk: report

September 24, 2025MediaGoogle,Meta,Amazon

Concentrated online ad markets are a security threat: Anti-monopoly group

September 24, 2025MediaOnline Advertising

Publicités en ligne : un marché qui pose des risques pour la sécurité nationale

September 24, 2025Media

U.S. regulator sues Ticketmaster and Live Nation, alleging illegal resale tactics

September 19, 2025MediaTicketmaster,Live Nation

‘The problem of monopoly’: Why Google’s light anti-trust penalties could pose a dilemma for Canada

September 4, 2025MediaGoogle

Would more airline competition fix flying in Canada?

August 27, 2025MediaAir Canada

Google search AI summaries hurt news sites’ traffic, publishers say

August 13, 2025MediaAI,Google

Competition Bureau drops inquiry into U.S. company’s acquisition of Jasper SkyTram

August 5, 2025MediaAlberta

Two new rideshare companies try to compete with Uber and Lyft in Toronto

August 3, 2025MediaRideshare

Could publicly-owned grocery stores break Canada’s grocery oligopoly?

July 18, 2025MediaFood,Grocery stores

China approves Bunge’s merger with Viterra with conditions on crop supply stability

July 16, 2025MediaMerger

Competition Bureau advances its investigation into Amazon’s pricing policy

July 8, 2025MediaAmazon

Competition Bureau to probe whether Amazon’s rules are unfair to sellers and consumers

July 8, 2025MediaAmazon

$8.2B US merger of Viterra and Bunge now complete

July 3, 2025MediaMerger

Mark Carney receives praise, blowback after he ‘caved’ to Donald Trump’s demand to scrap tech tax

June 30, 2025MediaTech tax

With Few Discount Airlines, Canadian Travelers Face Steeper Fares

June 21, 2025MediaAir travel

Cut fees that hamstring small carriers: Bester

June 19, 2025MediaAir travel

Watchdog recommends foreign ownership of domestic airlines amid low competition

June 19, 2025MediaAir travel

How Canada Can Up Its Game Against Monopolies

June 17, 2025MediaWatchdog laws

Competition Bureau sues food delivery company DoorDash, alleging misleading price promotions

June 10, 2025MediaCompetition Bureau,Food delivery

Canada’s Competition Bureau Sues DoorDash Over Alleged Hidden Fees

June 10, 2025MediaCompetition Bureau,Food delivery,Door Dash

Canada’s competition watchdog publishes final greenwashing guidelines

June 6, 2025MediaGreenwashing

Critics say continuation funds risk Ponzi dynamics

May 20, 2025MediaContinuation funds,Ponzi scheme

The Canadian government wanted grocers to keep it up to date on efforts to stabilize food prices. Sobeys and Metro refused

May 8, 2025Mediafood prices,Food

Google guilty ruling in antitrust case could boost Canada’s lawsuit against tech giant

April 21, 2025MediaGoogle

Canada’s Fight Against Monopoly Power

March 22, 2025MediaTrade

Keldon Bester listed as Globe & Mail 2025 Changemaker

February 21, 2025MediaCAMP News

The federal government empowers an oligopoly

January 30, 2025MediaAgriculture

Contractors accused of rigging Manitoba Housing bids after years-long investigation want charges stayed

January 21, 2025MediaCompetition Bureau,Housing

Another merger, another drop in competition

January 17, 2025MediaMerger,Agriculture

‘Potato cartels’ and competition in Canada; Manitoba tries to recruit U.S. doctors worried about Trump; and scientists warn of ‘mirror life’

December 19, 2024Mediafood prices,Air travel

First Came Bread. Are They Fixing the Price of Meat and Potatoes Too?

December 6, 2024Mediafood prices,Food

Calling a ride in Toronto is an overpriced mess. Here’s how to fix it

December 6, 2024Media

Canada’s big media goes after OpenAI, while Ottawa targets Google

November 29, 2024MediaGoogle,OpenAI

CI Financial signs $4.7B deal to be taken private by Mubadala Capital

November 25, 2024MediaMerger,Banking,private equity

Two Canadian food companies sued in U.S. over ‘potato cartel’ allegations

November 20, 2024MediaFood

Is Monopoly Power Undermining the Canadian Food System?

November 19, 2024MediaFood,Grocery stores

Cost of Living with Paul Haavardsrud

November 9, 2024Mediaprivate equity

Dye & Durham Tumbles on Competition Probe Amid Deal Interest

November 7, 2024MediaCompetition,Dye & Durham

Feeling the pinch on both sides

October 25, 2024MediaAgriculture,Food

Buckle up for an activist Competition Bureau

October 21, 2024MediaCompetition Bureau

The rise and rise of private equity

October 18, 2024Mediaprivate equity

CRTC calls for reeducation in roaming fees

October 8, 2024MediaCRTC,Cell phone billing

Competition Bureau gets court order for probe into potential anti-competitive conduct by CREA

October 3, 2024MediaCREA,Commission rules

LiveNation’s Proposed New Toronto Stadium Has Some Critics Worried

October 1, 2024MediaLive Nation

Live Nation: the giant’s dominance raises concerns

September 29, 2024MediaLive Nation

Watchdog probes suspected anti-competitive policies by largest real estate association

September 26, 2024MediaCREA,Anti-competition rules

Cineplex hit with massive fine over ‘deceptive’ pricing

September 25, 2024MediaCineplex,Deceptive marketing

Tech giants say they’re a boon to AI development, not a threat to competition

August 6, 2024MediaBig Tech,AI

No Frills local produce text campaign quickly turns sour

July 28, 2024Mediafood prices,Grocery stores

Competition watchdog probing gas prices and a company he thinks might be ‘guiding’ them

July 24, 2024MediaGas,Kalibrate Canada

Canadian Western Bank shares soar after National Bank tie-up announced

June 12, 2024MediaMerger,Banking

McKinsey contracts, Islamophobia and NDP leader’s backbench bid to strengthen competition tribunal on the agenda

June 10, 2024MediaGrocery stores,price-fixing

Competition Bureau launches probe into Canadian airline industry

June 10, 2024MediaAir Canada,Air travel

Broken dreams and sky-high prices: US and Canada say enough’s enough

June 6, 2024MediaCompetition Policy

Algorithms are raising prices for everything. This must stop

June 2, 2024MediaAlgorithmic pricing

Why Canada needs to invest in competition with Keldon Bester

May 16, 2024MediaCompetition Policy

CBC Listen – Metro Morning with David Common

May 1, 2024Mediafood prices

Does competition law and Canada’s foreign investment review enable or hinder innovation?

April 29, 2024MediaCompetition Policy

Addressing corporate concentration | Event Recap

April 19, 2024Media

Fintechs Canada, CAMP draw up blueprint to make banking more competitive

April 2, 2024MediaBanking

Loblaw Has Become an Everything Company

March 13, 2024Media

Competition bureau commissioner seeks more power to take on greenwashing

March 11, 2024Media

Competition Bureau gets court order for investigation into Google’s ad practices

February 29, 2024MediaCompetition Bureau,Google,Online Advertising

Loblaws and Walmart’s ‘brick wall’ on grocery code of conduct spurred cross-party unity at Agriculture Committee, says chair

February 22, 2024Media

Lululemon marketing complaint could be a test of Canada’s greenwashing laws, expert says

February 14, 2024Media

Bureau investigates restrictive real estate covenants for grocery stores

February 9, 2024Media

The FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffs

February 8, 2024MediaMicrosoft

Competition Bureau investigating use of restrictive property clauses in grocery

February 8, 2024Media

Canada’s Antitrust Revolution: A Shift in Global Competition Policies

January 22, 2024Media

The future of competition law in Canada

January 11, 2024Media

Northeastern Ontario mobile customers frustrated by lack of choice and rising costs

January 10, 2024Media

Switch carriers? How? Ottawa gives mixed messages over rising mobile prices

January 6, 2024Media

HSBC sale to RBC ‘a sad day for Canadian mortgage consumers,’ expert says

December 22, 2023Media

Matthew Boswell reappointed as head of Competition Bureau

December 21, 2023Media

Transformative Change: Your Guide to Canada’s Breathtaking Competition Act Changes

December 5, 2023MediaCompetition Act

Pressure mounting on Liberals to block HSBC-RBC merger

November 23, 2023Media

CAMP Executive Director Discusses HSBC-RBC Merger Deal on BNN

October 27, 2023MediaRBC-HSBC,Merger,Banking

The pressure builds for competition law reform

October 10, 2023MediaCompetition Policy

The government’s case to break up Amazon, explained

October 4, 2023MediaAmazon

Former Shaw technicians in B.C. give strong strike mandate after Rogers merger raises job-loss fears

September 28, 2023MediaRogers,Shaw

Trudeau Takes Aim at Corporate Canada as Inflation Sinks His Popularity

September 16, 2023MediaCompetition Bureau

Radio Interview with 630 CHED

July 5, 2023MediaCompetition

Keldon Bester with the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project highlights the need for more competition in the Canadian grocery market

July 4, 2023MediaGrocery stores

Keldon Bester, co-founder of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, on how Canada’s lack of competition in some sectors has now become a kitchen table topic

July 4, 2023Media

From telecoms to grocers, competition concerns keep bubbling up in federal politics

July 3, 2023Media

Why entrepreneurship in Canada has gotten so hard

July 1, 2023Media

Antitrust experts say Competition Bureau unlikely to oppose merger between Postmedia and key Torstar assets

June 28, 2023Media

Canada’s grocery business doesn’t have enough competition — and shoppers are paying the price, report finds

June 27, 2023Media

Calls for more competition to combat soaring grocery prices

June 27, 2023Media

Maple Leaf chair Michael McCain knew about alleged bread price-fixing, Competition Bureau document suggests

June 24, 2023Media

Are Canada’s competition laws outdated? Some say it’s time for change

May 28, 2023Media

Terence Corcoran: Canadian competition chief enlists U.S. in bureau’s ‘monopoly’ war

May 10, 2023Media

Amid high phone bills, telecom experts call for structural change, regulatory reform

April 17, 2023Media

High-profile U.S. enforcers weigh in on Canada’s competition overhaul

April 11, 2023Media

Canadians will see prices rise, deal approved. We need stronger laws: Expert on Rogers-Shaw deal

March 31, 2023Media

Liberal government approves Rogers-Shaw, wireless assets to go to Quebecor

March 31, 2023Media

Who’s behind Canada’s new pulp-and-paper powerhouse, and where’s the money coming from?

March 9, 2023Media

Travelling soon? Get ready to pay higher cellphone roaming rates

March 1, 2023Media

Industry committee delves into Rogers-Shaw merger as fate of deal rests with Minister Champagne

January 25, 2023Media

Final Rogers-Shaw decision could be a political one, but Conservative stance still unknown

January 4, 2023Media

Tribunal ‘smackdown’ raises odds of Rogers-Shaw deal closing, experts say, as appeal date set

January 3, 2023Media

Competition Bureau to appeal tribunal decision allowing Rogers’s proposed Shaw takeover to proceed

December 31, 2022Media

Rogers comes out victorious in competition challenge over Shaw buyout

December 30, 2022Media

Rogers, Shaw shares surge after Competition Tribunal approves merger

December 29, 2022Media

Rogers, Shaw Soar After Courtroom Win for $14.8 Billion Deal

December 29, 2022Media

Will competition law overhaul lead to lower prices, better conditions for workers?

December 29, 2022Media

Review of RBC’s $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Canada shows limits to system, critics say

December 26, 2022Media

Episode 16: Competition law and inclusive growth

December 15, 2022Media

Monopoly #6 – the Urge to Merge

December 14, 2022Media

Shaw sale would leave ‘vulnerable’ Vidéotron dependent on Rogers, competition watchdog argues

December 13, 2022Media

Monopoly #4 – Teleconned

November 30, 2022Media

Ottawa launches review of competition act with eye on regulator powers and stronger penalties

November 18, 2022Media

Letters from CAMP – November 18, 2022

November 18, 2022Media

Rogers Finally Gets Its Day in Court to Rescue Shaw Takeover

November 6, 2022Media

Episode 144: Keldon Bester on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Problem with Canadian Competition Law

October 31, 2022Media

Rogers-Shaw Takeover Has Multiple Court Paths to Finish Line

October 28, 2022Media

Tech’s Competition Regulators Are Themselves Overdue for Reform

October 24, 2022Media

Canada Needs a Modernized Competition Law

July 27, 2022Media

Antitrust watchdog should just say no to Rogers and Shaw merger

July 12, 2022Media

Rogers outage another reason to get rid of Canada’s efficiencies defense in competition law

July 10, 2022Media

Want help with inflation? Reform the Competition Act

July 6, 2022Media

How the COVID ‘hero pay’ scandal prompted Ottawa to make wage-fixing illegal

June 28, 2022MediaWage-fixing,COVID-19

Provincial competition law needed to address the power of gig work platforms

March 17, 2022Media

Ontario Passes the Working for Workers Act

November 30, 2021MediaWorking for Workers Act

‘It’s disgusting’: Legal professionals outraged as Dye & Durham sharply hikes prices for critical software

November 11, 2021MediaDye & Durham,Software

Canada’s efficiencies defence may enable Rogers-Shaw merger

March 16, 2021Media

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